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[dryvadeum]

"I think all animals think. But that again becomes a matter of definition. Some people who would want to put animals into a separate category feel they think, but not on the level of humans. But man is pretty egocentric about these things. He doesn't think anything corresponds to or thinks like him, and that's probably true. That doesn't make them

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[_merkaba_]

It's funny, because with all of man's advancements and technologies and sciences, he has created his own little prison; He now has to maintain all of those advancements and pieces of technology, and with each generation, our survival becomes more and more dependent on the technology.

Animals really don't have to worry about anything except surviving, and they can get everything they need for themselves.

[dryvadeum]

Yeah, I totally agree.

Man has not allowed himself to bend to evolutionary factors & become physically specialised & as a defence has constructed conditioned environments that cator to all his weaknesses. He has taken up the domain of mind but betrayed it equally as much as his physical evolution as he has stunted its growth with his denial of the imagination. We need to realise that the civilisation of earth isn't as fruitful as the civilisation of consciousness.

Small fish.

[four_elements]

For all the brain that man possesses, bacteria still own this Earth. And viruses have got it all over bacteria. Medically, sure, we have technology that can help us keep people alive in certain cases, but when 'Man of the Braininess' can die and then bring himself back to life, then I'll consider him right up there with our viral coinhabitors.

But really, all of the stuff about 'lower forms'.. I think that's absurd. Value judgements like that probably only exist in the domain of man.

I find this 'maintenance' idea rather amusing.. if we're still around in 500 years time, I'd hate to be on a gameshow such as 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' - just imagine how many years of trivia in however many fields people would have to memorise.. and we thought it was impossible to win now. Sorry, that was a bit of a tangent... :S

[somn_ambulist]

Each creature represents a culmination of matter feeding over time, under the stress of climate. These are all just adaptations, objectively reaching for a common goal.

[dryvadeum]

Well, I guess it's difficult not to marginalise our importance within this universe as the cerebral cortex is the most complex matter known to man.

[somn_ambulist]

True, but people seem to forget how different from other creatures we are not. They have languages, politics, medicine and emotions. We are highly evolved, but only in certain ways. Much of what we think as unique human innovation has being in place long before the evolution of primates, let alone man.
But then it is easy to see why we elevate ourselves, forgetting to see things objectively as well as subjective.